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Universities, Inc.

Universities run much like any other human institutions, something that seems as obvious as it has long been misunderstood. They need revenue, market themselves, and in general serve their self interest. We look at how American higher education operates in ways that many Americans may not know.

Posted inHigher Education

The unasked question about the student loan bailout: What’s colleges’ responsibility?

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus September 7, 2022September 8, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

Many certificate programs don’t pay off, but colleges want to keep offering them anyway

by Lilah Burke April 30, 2022April 28, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

With tenure under attack, professors join forces with a powerful teachers’ union

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus March 25, 2022March 28, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus March 6, 2022March 8, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

The colleges that won’t die

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus February 23, 2022February 24, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

Inflation is coming to college campuses. Prepare to pay more.

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus February 6, 2022April 10, 2022
Posted inHigher Education

Facing an existential crisis, some colleges do something rare for them — adapt

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus January 2, 2022February 1, 2022
Posted inUniversities, Inc.

Credential chaos: Growing “maze” of education credentials is confusing consumers and employers

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus December 24, 2021March 27, 2023
Posted inUniversities, Inc.

A handful of colleges are finally providing training in a way consumers want it: fast

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus December 14, 2021December 14, 2021
Posted inHigher Education

‘It’s a shell game’: How under-the-radar companies help for-profit colleges stay in business

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Sarah Butrymowicz and Meredith Kolodner November 15, 2021November 30, 2021

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